How I Started a business, expanded it, almost lost it and got back on my toes

Start 2017 with Some Inspiration

I love reading this poem. And with Arnold Palmer’s passing this year, it seems fitting to read it and remember a great athlete and successful businessman—who of course, went to Wake Forest. Because so many successful people do.

I hope reading it inspires you. Cheers to a New Year and a time to take your business to the next level!

Whether You Think You Can or Can’t You’re Probably Right

If you think you are beaten, you are;

If you think that you dare not, you don’t;

If you’d like to win, but you think you can’t,

It’s almost certain you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost;

For out in the world you’ll find

Success begins with a fellow’s will.

It’s all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are;

You’ve got to think high to rise;

You’ve got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win a prize.

Life’s battles don’t always go

To the stronger or faster man;

But sooner or later the man who wins

Is the man who thinks he can.

*A plaque has hung in my office for many years carrying the above selection of free verse. I am not aware of its origin, but consider it a pertinent guideline for one to pursue in life and toward specific goals as well. It has always provided an energizing thrust to my career in golf.